According to a recent newspaper article, girl...

According to a recent newspaper article, girls do better than boys at every level of education．So it is hardly surprising that boys are now far more likely（可能的） than girls to go to universities.

“Eclipsed” (黯然失色)

Mary Curnock Cook, a leader of the University, is so worried about the future of boys that she wants to see a national effort to solve the problem．If this difference goes on growing, girls born this year will be 75% more likely to go to university than boys．

So what is at the root of this gap（差距）? Are there changes in the nature of universities which have led to the dominance of girls on campus? Are girls simply better at schoolwork these days, and boys less interested?

By the time teenagers get to their high school, the number of girls is bigger．So before they sit a single exam, there are probably more girls than boys who are likely to go to university.

“Waste of time?”

The average grade for a girl is C+ compared to C for a boy at A-level examinations．But the differences between boys and girls start much earlier on.

According to a University of Bristol study, boys are nearly twice as likely as girls to have fallen behind by the time they start school．Primary schools often have more female teachers, and mothers helping out.

According to the study, girls and boys often have different attitudes towards schoolwork．The report says : “Boys are more likely than girls to regard school as a waste of time.” What’s more, boys tend（倾向） to spend over one hour less per week on homework than girls．They are more likely to play computer games and less likely to read outside of school.

“There are a lot of boys thinking they can get away with the least work and wanting to spend their time doing other ‘more interesting things’,” says Roger Leighton, the former head teacher of Sydney Russell School．“Girls, on the other hand, tend to understand the need to work hard earlier on --- they take a longer view.”

1.Mary Curnock Cook wants to _______.

A. find out the cause for the difference　　 B. find out the number of girls on campus

C. see boys work harder than they used to　　 D. see people work together on the problem

2.The underlined word “dominance” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to “______”.

A. achievement in schoolwork　　 B. position of advantage

C. progress in subjects　　 D. control of attention

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Boy do better at some levels of education.

B. There are changes in the nature of universities.

C. Girls spend more time on schoolwork than boys.

D. Boys and girls perform similarly in primary school.

4.Which of the following is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Which is more attractive to students?

B. What do girls understand better than boys?

C. Why do more girls than boys go to university?

D. Who is more likely to do a better job in universities?

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

According to the recent survey , only forty percent of children in our school feel happy, Why?

Do you know what “happiness” means? A lot  of money? No homework every day? High marks or anything else?

In fact , happiness is always around you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble  at school, you r friends will help you; When you study hard  at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to collect it; When you do something good to others, you will feel happy ,too. All these are happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you. All these can’t be bought  with money. It’s a feeling of your heart. When you come across difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself.

As the saying goes , lift is a revolving door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a  happy  and lucky person.

1.When you  fail in the exam, both your teacher and your classmates will ________ to make you happy.

2.What  will your friends say to you when you get high marks?

3.In the writer’s  opinion ,_________ can make you happy.

4.Which of the following is this passage about?

5.How many examples are given to show the meanings of happiness?

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

According to a recent report, kids in primary school spend about six hours every week doing their homework.. So kids hate homework. However, their parents hate homework, too.

Is it good for kids to do homework? Of course, a great number of researches do show that kids can remember what they have learnt in class better by finishing their homework on time and homework itself plays an important role in developing their learning shills, such as independent thinking and creativity.

But for parents, the result is not the same. After a day of hard work, most of them feel like they’re going through school a second time when they sit down with their children each night to help with their homework. And a recent survey found that 46 percent of parents feel like they don’t spend enough quality time with their children, because they spend too much time doing the housework or helping with homework. And another 29 percent of parents have arguments with their kids often when they have different answers to the same question.

Now several education scientists strongly advise parents to stop helping. They say it will give their kids more independence and give parents back their free time. At the same time, the number of homework – connected arguments will be less at home. Katy Smith, an education scientist, says, “ You don’t have to know everything. Children need to put their hands up for help and so do parents. Use your resources – online teachers, or even your neighborhood – just ask.”

1.How long do the kids spend doing homework?

A. About six hours a day.

B. About six hours a week.

C. About six hours a month

D. About six hours a year

2.What do we know from the researches mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?

A. Homework improves learning skills.

B. Both parents and kids hate homework.

C. Kids love doing homework by themselves.

D. Parents enjoy sitting down helping their kids, most parents feel ___________.

3. When they are helping their kids, most parents feel ___________ .

A. they are at work again

B. they are school students again

C. they are teachers of their kids.

D. they are not as good as their kids.

4.Why do some parents argue with their kids?

A. Their kids don’t finish homework on time.

B. Their kids don’t like to do their homework.

C. Their kids don’t work out the correct answers.

D. Their kids don’t agree with them on the answers.

5.What’s Katy Smith’s advice for the parents?

A. Ask kids to finish everything at school.

B. Review everything they learn at school.

C. Look for professional help for their kids.

D. Leave the kids alone with their homework..

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

According to a recent study by scientists in the US, people are best at doing different things at different ages. They studied many people aged 10 to 90 years old, who were asked to take part in different memory test. The following is what they have got from the tests.

“Different from what most people have believed, it seems that some of our skills become stronger as we grow old,” Syrion Goodman, one of the scientists, said, “We also find an interesting fact. That is those who do sports regularly seem to do better in our test than those who don’t.”

1.According to the study, at what age do people remember new faces easily?

A.When they are 18 years old. B.When they are 22 years old.

C.When they are 32 years old. D.When they are 43 years old.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.You can pay full attention to one thing at the age of 34.

B.Your vocabulary skills are at their highest when you are 22.

C.It will be difficult for you to accept failure at the age of 43.

D.It’s easy for you to understand others’ feelings at the age of 18.

3.How many tests did the scientists do at least?

A.Four. B.Five. C.Six. D.Seven.

4.According to Syrion Goodman, we can infer(推断) that __________.

A.our skills will always become stronger and stronger as we grow old

B.doing sports may probably help us improve some skills as we grow old

C.most people may believe our skills become weaker when we grow old

D.we can live a much better life if we can do sports regularly in our daily life

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Do you dream of having a sister or brother？According to the recent CCTV news report，China has relaxed its one­child policy (政策) to two­child policy. The government has allowed families to have two children.

Tencent did a survey last week about the two­child policy. On the one hand，up to 53% of parents say they are willing to have a second child. “I am excited about hearing the news. To have two kids means the children can look after each other in the future. Not only can they have a partner to play with，but they can also learn to help one another. This helps them to develop a better personality. I think I won't miss the chance to own a second kid，” says Li Mei，a mother of a 5­year­old daughter from Shanghai.

On the other hand，about 40% of parents say they may not have a second child. One reason is that they are afraid that the child's everyday expenses (费用) and education would be a big problem. They couldn't afford them. “I think the policy itself is pretty good，but I don't think it interests me. I won't consider a second child. Everything is very expensive at present，and I find it very difficult to raise another child，” says Han Dong from Chongqing，who has just had a boy.

Though people have different opinions，they agree that China has made great progress already in the two­child policy.

1.China has relaxed its two­child policy to one­child policy.

2.According the survey, up to 53% of parents say they are willing to have a second child.

3.According to the passage, we know Li Mei has a son.

4.Some people may not have a second child because they couldn’t afford the child’s everyday expenses.

5.Han Dong doesn’t want to have a second child.

九年级英语阅读判断中等难度题查看答案及解析

He promised to deal with such problems, he did do exactly. His word is ____ his action.

A. better than　　　　　　　　 B. worse than

C. as well as　　　　　　　　　 D. as good as

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

He promised to deal with such problems and he did do so. His word is _______ his action.

A.better than B.worse than C.as well as D.as good as

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

A: Hey, did you see this newspaper article?

A girl won a million dollars 1 .

She was Only 14.

B: Wow,  2 !

A: 3 if you won the lottery!

B: If I won the lottery, 4 .

I want to help the pandas.

A: That’s a good idea! I know what I’d do.

If I won the lottery, I think I’d give the

money to5 . I’d want to help other people.

B: That’s very kind of you to do that.

1. ________  2. ________  3. ________  4. ________  5. ________

九年级英语情景对话困难题查看答案及解析

阅读与回答问题。注意：认真阅读短文，按规定词数答题。

What do you do when you begin to read an English newspaper？

You’d better know what sections are there．Usually, there is international news, business, science and technology, entertainment or lifestyle, sports and cartoons．You can choose your favorite section to read carefully．Then, you come to the article itself．If you don’t have time to read the whole article, the headline and the photo give you a general idea of the story．

A news article includes body text and a photo with a short piece of text under it．It usually puts the most important information at the very beginning．If you don’t have much time to read the story, just have a look at the first paragraph．A feature article is an in-depth report on an event or person．It usually has an interesting opening．You get to know the idea of the article as you read．Another kind of article is an opinion article．Usually, some famous people give their own opinions about an important issue in a fun way．Opinion is different from news stories that are all facts．

1.How can you catch the general idea of an article in a short time？

2.Where is the most important information in a news article？(No More Than 6 words)

3.What does a news article include?

4.How many kinds of articles does the writer talk about in the passage？(No More Than 2 words)

5.What is the passage mainly about？

九年级英语其他题困难题查看答案及解析

阅读与回答问题。

注意：认真阅读短文，按规定词数答题。

What do you do when you begin to read an English newspaper？

You’d better know what sections are there．Usually, there is international news, business, science and technology, entertainment or lifestyle, sports and cartoons．You can choose your favorite section to read carefully．Then, you come to the article itself．If you don’t have time to read the whole article, the headline and the photo give you a general idea of the story．

A news article includes body text and a photo with a short piece of text under it．It usually puts the most important information at the very beginning．If you don’t have much time to read the story, just have a look at the first paragraph．A feature article is an in-depth report on an event or person．It usually has an interesting opening．You get to know the idea of the article as you read．Another kind of article is an opinion article．Usually, some famous people give their own opinions about an important issue in a fun way．Opinion is different from news stories that are all facts．

1.Where is the most important information in a news article？(No More Than 6 words)

_________________________________________________________________________

2.What does a news article include?

_________________________________________________________________________

3.How many kinds of articles does the writer talk about in the passage？(No More Than 2 words)

_________________________________________________________________________

4.What is the passage mainly about？

_________________________________________________________________________

九年级英语任务型阅读中等难度题查看答案及解析